lets try this again shall we ? - what it takes

[Kitch]

He would train and train and train hard,
at the climax of a session he would take himself to the limit,
push himself to the edge of the abyss,
gauging just how far he could lurch,
just how much his body could take.
And that was how he won,
free diving within himself to greater depths and darkness than others dared,
surfacing barely alive,
tasting blood,
from the great apnoea.
There was self mutilation in those performances,
a shedding of everything worldly,
before the indestructable heart brought him back,
as it did every time,
no matter the altitude or depth.

with acknowledgements to Matt Rendell: The Death of Marco Pantani.

[Oldman]

Not content with starting a weird thread, you do it twice! What's going on?

[andrew T]

nice one kitch, inspirational indeed!

[ER]

Definately inspirational words.